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Alot of ppl may not know this: Ari Boyer is from the hidden Tzaddikim of our generation. His generosity is humnbling, his hiddenness awe-inspiring. May he & his beautiful family have lots of nachas, Hatzlocha, Parnassah & gezunt Ad Bias Goel. MBD Rocks !!

It is truly good that this boy has made amends with Ron. I am glad that he will at least be warm for this weekend’s storm. I would also like to see stories on how his is doing later this year. Do not want to forget about him as he clearly needs the continued help of our great community.

@2 chaim. We should just forgive the guy that posted the original story, and not make him more famous. He may have actually done us a service if it provides an example to the youth of how their bad behavior can have negative consequences.

People need to be aware of how the acts they do are perceived by others. There was one person, who did a horrible act, an unacceptable act, and yet this went viral and has caused damage to the entire community. This is not reflective of the community at all, but that did not hinder the negative impact it has had.

This story has now been posted to the same website where the original anti-semitic post was published. It’s shameful that the guy’s post there used so much hateful language. Hopefully the ending will neutralize some of the hatred this story originally generated.

I read this story on USA TODAY and became so angry. This incident has nothing to do with religion. It’s about showing decency & empathy towards others. What a degrading act this student did! Why-what was the purpose? At least he apologized.

This was a great lesson to us all about “Ayin Roah Ve’ozen Shoma’as , vvechol maasecha basefer nichtaavim” Even if our deeds don’t show up on the internet there is Someone who always sees and always remembers.
Kol Hakovod to Ari, but how in the world did that first incident even occur?!?!

NOBODY is perfect. And contrary to what some IGNORANT and HATEFUL people may be saying,…all walks of life/religions/colors/etc. sometimes make bad choices or decisions. Unfortunately, a 16 year old kid from the Lakewood community, did just that. It doesn’t matter if the kid was a jew, black, white, hispanic or WHATEVER. It was a terrible mistake and the KID realize that he did a VERY BAD thing. And instead of some people focusing on the BEGINNING of the story, they should look toward the PRESENT, and how the community is COMING TOGETHER now and trying to help Ron (the homeless guy)

To number 19. You are mixing up 2 issues. There is the community as a whole, who have no need to apologize, as they did nothing wrong, although it is admirable how some are stepping in to help out.

Then there is the individual who committed the act. Yes he was 16, that does not excuse his actions. Most 16 year olds would never think of doing this. Unfortunately, there are many who like you (although you meant it positively), conflate the community with the individual.

The community should not be punished, nor should a group of people blamed for the act of one 16 yr old boy. His actions were heartless, cruel and not the normal actions of any 16 year old across the country. I don’t care if he was Christian, Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, black, white, purple; all walks of life have youth that will make a choice to intentionally hurt another. The boy and his actions (both bad and good) should be the focus, not what race or religion he is. What matters is that he recognized what he did was wrong and took steps to make amends. Despite his cruel act, some good came from it and a valuable lesson learned. God Bless the poor victim in all this.

Help this man go thru social serves to find him decent housting evendors if juse a room. Maybe a Lakewood Synagogue or church could take him under their wing till some aide or benefits or kick in. I am sure he does not know how to even start the process. It would be interesting to why he became homeless and just surviving from day to day. It can happen to so many who are just living on the edge.